“We must learn the hard lesson of submission; and once this has been accomplished, everything that comes after will be rendered easy.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Why do I find it so hard to completely turn my life over to you, Lord? Drive away...
“Those whom you serve should feel the efforts of your kindheartedness.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, let the great love I know you have for me, shine through my actions so others may experience your great loving compassion.
In order to become soundly virtuous it is advisable to make good practical resolution concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying them out afterward. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one’s imagination (II:217).
